The sea, a boy, a tiger. Director Ang Lee, a master painter of spiritual action and mesmerizing juggler of cinematic optics, knows exactly what to do with just those three components. Taken from Yann Martel’s book, with a screenplay by David Magee, “Pi” is about a boy’s journey toward God, that winds through multiple religions and a life-changing voyage.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “Blood Sport” and “The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods”
The members of the Murder Club are bored. They are retired, rich white men with lots of money and few scruples.
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BOOKS: “INVISIBLE” an enthralling drama
Family bonds unravel and a horrible secret tears sisters apart in Carla Buckley’s enthralling new drama, “Invisible.”
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GEORGE SMITH: Russ Libby was a humble man who blazed a wide path of learning
From Mount Vernon to the nation’s capital and beyond, the accolades for Russ Libby, upon his untimely death, would have embarrassed him. Russ was a humble man, never eager for the limelight, although he often deserved it.
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ALLEN AFIELD: Checking out new habitats
This coming week, a bog with its surrounding ring of black spruce, tamarack and occasional white cedar strikes me as the perfect destination for a hike, a surprising conclusion when considering so many critters in this habitat have migrated away or lie concealed in trees, shrubs and forest debris or beneath the ground and water surface.
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Newtown: A special town shattered by tragedy
NEWTOWN, Conn. — At the crossroads that marks the center of this three-century-old New England postcard town stands a flagpole that’s a kind of barometer. Every day, says Susan Osborne White, who has lived here all her life, “it tells me which way the wind is blowing” — and she calls the local newspaper whenever […]
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Maine gov. expresses sympathy for shooting victims
LePage called it a horrific event and said he and his wife Ann will continue to pray for the families of the children and staff members who lost their lives.
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Victim’s personhood lost amid coverage of Belcher’s suicide
The 22-year-old woman, whom her family described as being full of laughter, kindness, optimism and inspiration, had recently given birth to a baby girl. The baby was in the house when her father, the Kansas City Chief’s linebacker Jovan Belcher, killed her mother.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): INDULGENCE is a great gift for everyone on your list
Will you surprise the most important person in your life (and we hope that isn’t you!) with a romantic getaway, a lovely massage, mouth-watering chocolates, the theater or a memorable dinner at one of Maine’s finest restaurants? What’s under your Christmas tree this year?